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Also defeats Maurice Roberre in 13-man tournament final on 52-04-11 to be recognized as Mid-Western Heavyweight Champion and presented the old MWA World Title belt by Orville Brown; continues to be recognized as Heart of America Title outside St. Joseph; in Wichita, KS, Myers wins another 13-man tournament, defeating Bob Orton in the final, in 52-04, but Orville Brown refuses to present him with the title because the final is only one fall; Myers later defeats Orton in a 3-fall match.
Sonny Myers defeats Montana for the title next day in St. Joseph, MO, which may be a mistake by a local newspaper since Myers is not billed as champion afterwards.
Mongolian Stomper defeats Race for the title on 71-04-17 in Des Moines, IA but title is later returned to Race due to an unauthorized referee counting the fall.
Pat O'Connor defeats Race for the title on 72-01-28 in St. Louis, MO, but Race continues to be recognized by other promoters, and Sam Muchnick withdraws recognition of the title and later creates the Missouri Heavyweight title.
Promotion withdraws from NWA and becomes WWA in 87-11.
Dave Peterson
1987-12-25
St. Joseph, MO
Title held up.
Dave Peterson [2]
1988-02-18
Kansas City, KS
Defeats Cuban Assassin for the held-up title; promotion withdraws from NWA and closes in 88.
Satō Akio
1989-03-23
Kansas City, KS
Defeats T.C. Carter; promotion closes in 90.
Shane Somers
2002-03-30
Rolla, MO
Defeats Butch McClain; vacant on 02-10-22 due to injury.
Derek Stone
2002-11-16
Coffeyville, KS
Defeats Michael Barry, Griz and Gary Jackson.
Raven
2005-06-25
Lawrence, KS
Stripped on 06-06-02 for lack of title defenses.
Michael Strider
2006-10-14
Muscatine, IA
Defeats Woody Maguire, Mississippi Madman, Derek Stone, Marek Brave, and Mark Sterling.
Mark Sterling
2009-07-25
House Springs, MO
Jeremy Wyatt
2011-05-07
Lawrence, KS
Defeasts Sterling, Tyler Cook, and Jaysin Strife in a 4-way elimination match; also wins Metro Pro Title, defeating Bull Schmitt on 12-03-03 in Kansas City, KS; vacant on 12-04-27 due to injury.
A.C.H.
2012-06-02
Kansas City, KS
Defeats Dan Walsh and Neil Diamond Cutter in an 8-man tournament 3-way final; stripped on 12-11-01 after Metro Pro leaves the NWA.
Evan Morris
2013-03-30
Swansea, IL
Defeats Deven Spade in tournament final to be recognized by NWA Central-States.
